Drain pan



Sept. 6, 1932. r JACOBS 1,876,420

DRA I N PAN Filed Aug. 1, 1950 i view of modified means for-attaching the Patented Sept. 6, 19 32 PATENT OFFICE BESSIE JACOBS, E PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA DRAIN PAN a Application filed: August 1,

This invention relates wash boilers. H I

The draining of clothes, and other fabrics such as Sheets and the like, as lifted from a I wash boiler by means of a stick or other suitable implement is a very arduous task, As the fabrics are saturated with'water, and the lifting implement provides a lever arm, considerable strength must be exerted to hold 9 the fabrics above a suitable vessel while surplus water drains from them. Also itis difficult to carry the fabrics in this manner to deposit them onfany suitable draining surface removed from the wash boiler. My invention lies in providingfa suitable pan to be supportedby' the "wash boiler itself on which the fabrics may be placed, and ,which permits water to drain therefrom back 'into' the wash boiler.

In the accompanying drawing Figure I is a plan view showing a wash boiler in dotted lines and the drain pan of my invention in position thereon; Figure II is a front elevation of the drain pan; Figure III is a plan to a drain pan'for reticulated portion of the drain pan to the solid portion thereof and for positioning the drain pan as a whole on the wash boiler; and

my Figure IV is a. front elevation showing the drain pan diagrammatically and illustrating the position of this modified attaching means thereon.

With reference to Figures I and II of the drawing, reference numeral 1 designates a wash boiler on which my drain pan is placed.

The drain pan, designated generally by the reference numeral 2, comprises an outer portion which comprises a continuous bottom or ledge 4 and a vertically extending wall 5,

both of substantially horseshoe shape in plan view to conform to the contour at one end of the wash boiler. Handles 6 are attached to the wall 5 in opposed position on the rim thereof.

' The bottom or ledge 4 is provided with a plurality of corrugations 7 which form channels 8 inclined downwardly toward the central opening 9 of the drain pan. These corrugations are so formed that the channels 8 are relatively deep and narrow. The clothes 1930. semin- No. 472,344.

are therefore supported above the bottom of each channel, and do'not work down into them to interfere with drainage.

Along the forward and open edge of the drain pan is a relatively rigid bar disposed at a higherlevel than the body of the ledge l. Adjacent its forward end, both sides of the ledge '4: are bent upwardly to form abbreviated end walls 11 which are clinched to the rod 10. Desirably rod 10 is continued upwardly to form vertical legs 10a, and around the upper edge of Wall 5 to providea stiffening rim 10b for the structure. In the Space 9 lying within ledge 4 is a reticulated frame 12, which is shown as formed ofintersecting wires. The forward edge of this grid 12 is also clinched to the rod 10 to provide an abbreviated open wall 13 continuous with the walls 11 at the ends of the ledge 4.

Grid 12 isattached to the ledge 4 by means of straps 14 clinched to the outer wire 1% of the grid and having folded depending portions or legs 14a, which are adapted .to engage the rim of thewash boiler and maintain the drain pan in position at one end thereof; With a medium size wash boiler, on which my drain pan is shown in Figure I of the drawing, the rim of the wash boiler is embraced by the legs 14a of the straps 14.

If the drain pan is'used on the smaller size wash boiler, the inner leg members 14a lie I outside the rim of the boiler and if the boiler be of the larger size the outer leg members 1 4a lie inside the rim of the boiler. The

arrangement thus serves to maintain the drain pan in position on every size of wash boiler which is in common use. With my drain pan in position on the wash boiler, it is an easy matter to lift fabrics from within the boiler and place them on the drain pan. When so placed, they are prevented from slipping back into the boiler by means of the abbreviated front walls 11 and 18, and remain in draining position until removed from the pan. While draining,

water from the fabrics drains downwardly to the open central portion 9, while grid .12 supports a portion of their weight. A reticulated grid structure, such as that shown,

isfar preferable to a perforated plate, for 1 the reason that fabrics draining on the pan may fill relatively small perforations and retard or prevent drainage. Water, which drains from the fabric-s onto the ledge t lying outwardly of the open central por-. tion, flows inwardly toward the center by way of channels 8, and likewise through central portion Q'back into the boiler.

It will be noticed that the depending portions 14a of the straps 14: are so positioned that a material portion of the outer ledge 41; overlies the boiler chamber, thus insuring that all water drains back into the interior of the boiler. Escape of water beyondthe wash boiler is preventedat the forward end of the pan by means of the abbreviated walls 11,-Wlll0l1 prevent flow of water over the regions at. the forward end of the pan which do not overlie the boiler.

The modification illustrated in Figures 111 and IV of the drawing comprises four wires 15 which are twisted together to provide three extensions 16. Two adjacent ends are left free and are bent to form hooks 17 to engage a relatively rigid rim rod 18 corresponding to the rod 10 of Figures I and II. l/Vhen in assembled position on the pan, as shown in Figure IV of the drawing, the extensions 16 of the supporting frame are Welded or soldered to the ledge 19 correspond-ing to the ledge 4t, and serve to support the grid structure in position. The extensions 16 are bent to provide legs 16a arranged to embrace the rim of the boiler.

I .claim as my invention:

1. A drain pan comprising a bottom ledge and an upwardly extending wall, said ledge being contoured to overlie a portion of a wall bent upwardly to said rod and attached thereto.

4. A drain pan comprising a bottom ledge substantially U-shaped in plan and an upwardly extending wall associated with the ledge, said ledge embracing an interior opening, a rod disposed at the open end of the structure and at a higher level than the body of the ledge, a reticulated structure supported in said interior opening, both said ledge and said reticulated structure being bent upwardly to said rod and attached thereto, and means attached to the under side of said bottom ledge intermediate its width to abut the wall of an underlying vessel and position the bottom ledge o f the drain pan to overlie the said wall.

5. A drain pan comprising a bottom ledge and. an upwardly extending wall, said ledge being contouredto overlie a portion of the wall of an underlying vessel and embracing an interior opening, a reticulated structure supported in said interior opening by" at tachment to said bottom ledge, and pairs of legs attached to the under side ofsaid bottom ledge intermediate its width, the legs of each pair mutually spaced transversely of the ledge to abut the walls of underlying vessels ofv varying width .and position the bottom ledge of the drain pan to overli the wall of a vessel on which it is mounted.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

BESSIE JACOBS;

of an underlying vessel and embracing an interior opening,.a reticulated structure supported in said interior opening, and an abbreviated front wall forming a continuation of said bottom ledge and said interior reticulated structure.

2. A drain pan comprising a bottom ledge and an upwardly extending wall, said ledge being contoured to overlie the portion of the wall of an underlying vessel and embracing an interior opening, a reticulated structure in said interior opening, and members attached to the bottom face of said ledge for supporting said reticulated structure, said members being formed to provide legs arranged to abut the wall of the underlying vessel for positioning the drain pan thereon.

8. A drain pan comprising a bottom ledge substantially U-shaped in plan and an upwardly extending wall associated with the ledge, said ledge embracing an interior opening, a rod disposed at the open end of the structure and at a higher level than the body of the ledge, and a reticulated structure supported in said interior opening, both said ledge and said reticulated structure being 

